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The only known specimen of this extinct New Zealand reptile is held in the Marseilles Natural History Museum. All images of it that I've been able to track down appear to be protected by copyright. Ambrosia10 ( talk) 00:07, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
According to the article about the Rodriguez Island Giant Day Gecko, Phelsuma gigas, that one would be the largest gecko, as it is 40 centimeters long.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 05:24, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
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It seems the name "kawekaweau" has only speculatively been associated with this species, since there is no agreement the specimen came form New Zealand, so it is not appropriate to have that as article title. It should be moved to one of the other common names or the scientific name. There is a summary of the situation here: [1] FunkMonk ( talk) 15:14, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
DNA shows this gecko is part of New Caledonia gecko radiation see Heinicke, M.P., Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M. et al. Reappraising the evolutionary history of the largest known gecko, the presumably extinct Hoplodactylus delcourti, via high-throughput sequencing of archival DNA. Sci Rep 13, 9141 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35210-8 Ambrosia10 ( talk) 21:25, 19 June 2023 (UTC)